{"id":10133,"date":"2010-02-26T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/navy-seals-new-combat-sub-actually-keeps-water-out-this-time-defense\/"},"modified":"2010-02-26T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T19:40:00","slug":"navy-seals-new-combat-sub-actually-keeps-water-out-this-time-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.euvolution.com\/futurist-transhuman-news-blog\/futurist\/navy-seals-new-combat-sub-actually-keeps-water-out-this-time-defense.php","title":{"rendered":"Navy SEALs’ New Combat Sub Actually Keeps Water Out This Time [Defense]"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/a>Apparently when a Navy SEAL takes a minisubmarine to a combat zone, his ride is an open system, meaning they literally spend hours with their bodies exposed to the water. Sounds terrible! Fortunately, they just got an upgrade.<\/p>

The Navy has been trying to get the SEALs into a new Swimmer Delivery Vehicle (SDV) for some time, but until now they've been stuck with the waterlogged Mark 8 SDVs that have been around since the 70s. Northrop Grumman<\/a> had been working on an Advanced SEAL Delivery System (ASDS), but that $885 million project went down in a blaze of cost overruns and battery mishaps.<\/p>

Enter the S301 SDV<\/a>, a modified research submarine that can transport up to eight SEALs along with some limited gear. Even better, the development cost was a fraction of the ASDS. And, pending current trials in Hawaii, it actually works. [The Register<\/a> via DVice<\/a>]<\/p>

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